Shaft-hanger box.



H. P. GALE.

SHAFT HANGER BOX.

APPucATloN mso nEc.26. 191e.

1,261,918. Patented Apr. 9,1918.

Munn. Mmmmw, m

@E-Ermua earn, vor* oNnIDA, YORK.

Patented Aspr. 9, 1948.

spplcationfledDeoember 26, 1916. Serial No. 138,584.

To all whom magico/neem.'

Be it knownthat l, IHENRY P.-GALE, rfa `citi-Zen ofthe United States, residing at `VJ40rieida, in the tcour-ity of Oneida and State fof New York, have invented ieertainiiiiew fand fuseful Improvements in .SliaftfHanger Boxes,4 of -`whichthe following is .a fspecication.

Yrlhis invention`v relates 4xto a. shaft hanger box--constructed principally of sheetainetal 'and has for Vitsprimary object the provisionl 4oit a strongfand substantial bearing `support of 'relatively low weight.

A urtliereobject "otiny invention is .the vprovision of novel means tor maintaining `the proper lubricationofithe shaft bearing.

Further objects fand advantages ofmy ini vention ,wil-lbe apparent as it is better understoo'd by reference to thefollowing specification when read inyconnection with the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred Aembodiment thereof, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section through a shaft-hangerboxin accordance with 4myyf invention;

F ig. 2 is a section lon the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. is la `detail in perspective of the saddle, and

Fig. 4 is a `section on'the lline 4 4 vof- Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing'7 -1 and 2A :indicate, respectively, the lower and' upper screws of af'shait hanger which serve to `support and maintain the bearing structurein properposition. kMy invention comprises a receptacle Bstamped Aor'otherwise formed' ironi lsheet `metal having` reinforcing plates 4 preferably of heavier `-sheet Ainet-al riveted or otherwise secured to -`its ends. Achaniiel 5 is stamped in the bottoinfa-ndfsides of the `receptacle 3 extendingthereabo'iit and `an Vindentation 6 is Acentrally disposed in the bottom of the Vreceptacle to receivcytlie'end or the "screw 1. y

A saddle 7. formed o'fsheet linetalbent to the .requiredshape as Villustrated in Fig.,

8, isdisp'osed within the receptacle 3, the saddle being prevented from sidewisefmovenient by the channel 15 Vin which it rests.y An opening 8 in the bottoni of the saddle 7 J registers with the indentation 6 which further assists in inai'ntainingqthesaddlernethe desired position and in transferring lthe =load through the receptacle 3 to the screw l.

The sides of the saddle 7 are recessed at 9 to receive the lower semi-cylindrical.shell i10.0f the bearing box. -Theshell l10.v is. icon structed of sheet yinetaland is preferably flanged at .llto prevent vdistortion and is provided with a Babbitt-liner 12secuiied theretoby rivets vor othersuitable means. The liner 12 is provided with 'a plurality (of openings .13 intoY which Vthe yBabbitt 14 :runs during'the casting operation, thus vinsuring permanent retention 4 of. .the ybearing in proper position.

. The upper vsection ofthe box comprises a semi-cylindrical shell l5 constructed of sheetnietal and :ianged at 16 -to prevent distortion. A peripheral bead 1'7 is pressed outwardly from .the shell 16 to reinforce the .saine midway of its length and thel bead is :expanded at the top to 'orm a seat llior the screw. 2. 'Two .Babbitt liners i9 are sewcuiied by .rivets orl other suitableineans 'in `spaced relation within lthe -shell l5 and are provided with openings 2O into whicliihe lBabbitt 2l runs during the casting operation.

Vhen the parts ai'ein assembled relation, as indicated in Fig. l, the saddle 7 is sup- -ported in proper position within the receptacle 3 which in .turn transmits the weight of athe shaft to the screw l. The lower sec- Vtion1ontlie box is supported -by .theisaddle 7 and the upper section of the boX is maintained inoperative position by the screw 2. .The shaft 22 passes throughthe bearingaiid 'in the .'form of `the device illustrated the oilingring -23 surrounds 'the .shaft between theispaced upper bearings 2l dipping into the Aoil 24 within the receptacle As the A:shaft -revolves the oil is carried b the rino' b 23.2to the upper side of the shaft at a point midway of the length of the box whence it flows .ineither direction between .the Vsli-ait and the bearings and eventually is discharged :from thecpposite yends Vof the bear- .ings to the .receptacle 3. The path ofthe oil :is *that best adapted to insure proper lubrication of the bearings and the cil is 'used repeated-ly until exhausted.

The construction of my improve-d hanger box :iszlsuch'thatfithe weightthereof is reiduced rto a.iiiinimum, thiis reducing the load :on ii'oorsand Vbeams and-the expense of transportation. The boX being constructed jpr-ii-icip ailly of 'sheet vmetal, floss. :from breakifage is entirely obviated. Furthermore my construction is such that the cost of manufacture is reduced to a minimum while at Jaime 'the sm 

